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| Description: | Bloch dressed as a monster. Possibly taken for Brutal magazine or the scrapbooks. |
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| Description: | Bloch indulging himself while dressed in humorous garb as a fraternity brother. Taken as an illustration for a fraternity article in Smiles magazine... |
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| Description: | Bloch as a monster character, possibly for use in Brutal magazine or the scrapbooks. Taken at the Brady Street Lab. Gauer--this might just be a file... |
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| Description: | Bloch dressed as the "Geekmaster" and Gauer as the "Geek." Gauer is "geeking" a wooden snake in the photograph. It was to be used to illustrate an unpublis... |
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| Description: | Group portrait from a humorous "Geek" party in Chester Vonier's county owned barracks. Joe O'Hearn was the editor of Trains magazine, Vonier was nig... |
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| Description: | Costume party at Gauer's home on Downer Avenue. Ruthe Distenfeld owned five appliance stores, Bernice Flower was Forrest Flower's wife (WPA Artist), and Be... |
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| Description: | Harold Gauer (wearing a hat, wig, bow tie and smoking a cigar), and three friends, Ed Sachs (who took over the editorship of the Sauk City newspaper), D. R... |
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| Description: | Author Robert Bloch wearing a prosthetic pig-like nose, wig, and makeup. |
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| Description: | Robert Bloch wearing make-up makes a frightening face while holding his hands out in front of him. His hair is slicked back and he wears a suit jacket with... |
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| Description: | Bloch as a "slack-jawed" businessman type. This was used repeatedly for the scrapbooks and other things. On the wall a small American flag is propped on th... |
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| Description: | Bloch's head completely bandaged as a mummy which reflected Bloch's fascination with horror. Gauer said it was, "Bloch after shaving." |
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| Description: | For Smiles magazine. Playing a political rumor monger, in character clothes. |
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| Description: | Political poster of Gauer in costume as a candidate for mayor, taken post-Zeidler campaign. Gauer says his motto was: "...clean city hall of deadwood and r... |
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| Description: | This character of a "ward worker" photograph was taken for Smiles magazine. On the wall behind the man a small American flag is propped on the apart... |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Bloch wearing a shawl around his head, and skin darkening make-up. A curtain has been hung up as a backdrop to obscur... |
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| Description: | A shirtless Robert Bloch is posed sitting puffing out his cheeks. He is wearing a baseball cap, a baseball mitt, and eyeglasses with covered lenses. |
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| Description: | Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen. |
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| Description: | Robert Bloch stands posing on a bed with his hands out in front of him and with monster make-up on his face. He is wearing a jacket, shirt, and long pants. |
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| Description: | Robert Bloch, with cigar, and Robert Vail, holding a pipe. They are both wearing military costumes, staged standing on chairs next to a bed. |
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| Description: | Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types." |
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